Curt

Absolutely true. I’m not even really sure what we are trying to pin point here. Tourney MVP or best hockey player in tournament? I think we were just trying to brainstorm about the best players.

Ah, yup. He slipped my mind. I’d put him in that 2nd group.

I would have had Dach as favorite. In a short tournament, a lot of guys could end up as best. Favorites now would be Byram, Cozens, and Zegras. Askarov, Raymond, Broberg, Stutzle, Boldy, Turcotte, York, Caufield, Newhook, Byfield and Krebs as a larger group of possibilities.

Feaster got hired by TB as exec director of hockey development. It’s basically a community outreach position. It’s not a front office job and has nothing to do with NHL decisions. When he got fired by Calgary, it ended his front office career, so far.

I strongly disagree that he is the tournament’s best player, and even if you think so, it’s very far from fact.

Mike Gillis and Jay Feaster both, the only two guys to leave their organization after signing a player to an offer sheet. Agree, I think a guy generally needs to be very secure in order to do it.

And also, this makes total sense. Something like this would require owner approval. As would any significant contract or trade, I would imagine.

This is interesting but I don’t totally agree with your conclusion. It makes total sense that guys were not fired from their current organizations for offer sheeting other teams’ players. Why would they be? If anything, it may have helped their standing within their current organization. However, of the two guys who signed players to offer sheets, then were fired from their GM roles, neither of them went on to ever hold another high level NHL front office position, as of yet. My take away from what you presented was that if you do this, then can’t stick with your current organization, you may not be able to get another front office job somewhere else.

I wouldn’t be surprised either. I’d love to see a bounce back for Hutton, but he is 35 at this point and he may just be washed up. Still have a little hope that Buffalo can make a move for another goalie.

1) Sure, the Thompson contract was unnecessary. So was signing Eichel to huge money when he had yet to prove he was an elite player. Was that a stupid, completely unnecessary contract, or was it a bet on what the player will become? Contracts are not about what a player has done, it’s about what you expect them to do over the life of the contract. 2) Based upon the contracts they were given, it seems extremely unlikely that Mitts will be making the team over Thompson. They are not going to just waive Thompson.

Alternative future: But there is also a good chance that he does make the team and is able to contribute as a middle 6 winger scoring 15+ goals, in which case you are getting him for 3 years at a bargain of 1.4. Like I said, whether it’s a good contract will be born out by Tage’s play. It’s not inherently a bad contract. Obviously, Adams thinks that your scenario is not likely, we’ll see if he is right.

Just a note on this. I honestly don’t believe that the Thompson contract is an overpay. If it was a 1 year deal, then yes, but the value of it is that it’s 3 years. Thompson would not have signed a 3year deal for the minimum. Even if he shows that he is a good player this season, he now won’t be able to get a raise until the 2023-24 season. Whether or not it’s a good contract will be born out by Tage’s play. The contract isn’t inherently a bad contract. It is a bet on Tage though.

Looking at it from the other side: the other C’s have been at C the whole run up as well, and maybe the coach has faith that Cozens can shift to wing and be a difference maker there, while maybe he doesn’t feel that about some of the other C’s. Its all kind of unknown until they line up for a game. Then we’ll see what the coach actually does.

Yeah, any patient with Covid gets marked as a Covid patient, regardless of why they are in the hospital. It’s because they then need to be treated as Covid positive, which requires a lot of extra precautions and work on the part of the hospital. The hospitals then received extra funding based on how much of those extra precautions they needed to do. It’s not a scam, it’s the whole point of the extra funding.

Whoops! Meant Columbus.

Toronto, Ottawa, Pittsburgh, Montreal, Boston, Columbus, Detroit, Sabres

Huh? If this was meant to clarify anything, I don’t think it did.

This is actually a pretty good idea. Could definitely save a little cap space like that

If they carry 3 goalies on the active roster, something that was always an option btw, then that’s one less skater that they are able to carry. If that was their plan all along, this information doesn’t change anything.

Interesting. Looks like guys on their ELC still have to share rooms. Seems dumb. These are elite athletes making millions per year. Get them their own hotel room. What if a guy snores or is just really annoying. Who wants to room with that guy?

NHL players share hotel rooms? I would be absolutely shocked if this happens regularly.

I like that they can quickly and easily approve this, but when the actual games might happen seems to be an unsolvable riddle.

My favorite part is how the French guys hold hands and hug each other so that they don’t get too scared.

Correct. No Eichel, Matthews, Dahlin. Maybe not even a Lafrenierre. For teams looking for D though, there are a bunch of high quality D prospects who will go in the top 20.

My wife has signed up for it. They aren’t yet sure when their hospital will get doses though. Maybe next week.